AI and Emerging Technology Risk Specialist

We have an urgent requirement for AI and Emerging Technology Risk Specialist with experience in banking domain (Preferred) is required for our banking clients in Abu Dhabi ,UAE

Assess and manage technology, operational, and AI-related risks associated with emerging technologies, cloud platforms, automation, and business transformation initiatives.--Must

 Conduct risk assessments and develop control frameworks by translating business and technology use cases into risk scenarios, control requirements, and mitigation plans..--Must

Conduct threat hunting and detection engineering by developing, tuning, and optimizing use cases to improve detection coverage and reduce false positives.--Must

Support executive governance and stakeholder management through risk reporting, escalation of material issues, and monitoring remediation actions in regulated environments..--Must

Role purpose

• Assess and govern operational, technology and AI-related risk arising from emerging technologies across the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Perform risk assessments for AI, cloud, automation and other emerging technologies.


• Translate business and technology use cases into risk scenarios, control requirements and treatment plans.


• Maintain risk registers, control evidence, issues and remediation actions.


• Support new-product, change and third-party reviews with technology-risk input.


• Prepare governance reporting and escalate material themes and overdue actions.

Required skills

• Technology and operational risk


• AI risk and model governance


• Risk and control self-assessment


• Control design and assurance


• Regulated financial-services experience


• Executive reporting and stakeholder management

Required experience / knowledge areas

• Relevant delivery experience in the stated domain.


• Experience working with multidisciplinary technology, risk and business stakeholders.


• Regulated financial-services experience is preferred.

Key deliverables

• Completed risk assessments and control recommendations


• Current risk register and remediation plan


• Governance reporting with clear risk acceptance or escalation decisions

Certifications

• CRISC, CISA, CISSP or equivalent preferred


• ISO 31000, ISO/IEC 42001 or NIST AI RMF knowledge desirable

Preferred tools / platforms

• GRC platform


• Microsoft 365


• Power BI